Update synology.md (#19989)
some steps are required only for older versions of DSM
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@@ -12,7 +12,14 @@ The good news is that our
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works fine if your NAS is one that uses the amd64 architecture. It
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will install the content into `/opt/netdata`, making future removal safe and simple.
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-## Run as netdata user
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+It your NAS is up-to-date, running at least DSM 7.2.2, the latest kickstart script takes care of everything.
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+You can start/stop the netdata service using the installed `systemd` and the service runs under the `netdata` user.
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+## Older systems
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+Older versions of DSM and the kickstart scripts did require some extra steps.
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+### Run as netdata user
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When Netdata is first installed, it will run as _root_. This may or may not be acceptable for you, and since other
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installations run it as the `netdata` user, you might wish to do the same. This requires some extra work:
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/etc/rc.netdata restart
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-## Create startup script
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+### Create startup script
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Additionally, as of 2018/06/24, the Netdata installer doesn't recognize DSM as an operating system, so no init script is
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-installed. You'll have to do this manually:
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+installed.
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+DSM versions at the time where using upstart, so an upstart script was required.
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+You'll have to do this manually:
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1. Add [this file](https://gist.github.com/oskapt/055d474d7bfef32c49469c1b53e8225f) as `/etc/rc.netdata`. Make it
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executable with `chmod 0755 /etc/rc.netdata`.